<\/span><\/h3>\nTake a sale on one collection that runs from Friday morning to Monday night. This is an example, built from the steps above.<\/p>\n
On Shopify Plus, you create a Launchpad event with a Friday start date. You add the collection under the discount option and click Set end date<\/strong> for Monday. At the end, the discounts disappear and compare-at prices go back. You check the Status<\/strong> section for any Failed<\/strong> action.<\/p>\nOn another plan, you create an automatic discount with the same start date and Set end date<\/strong>. The saving shows at checkout. If you also want a crossed-out price on product pages, you edit price fields by hand, and you restore them yourself on Monday.<\/p>\nIn both cases the discount ends on its own. What differs is everything around it. The event theme, the password page and the dashboard exist only with Launchpad, so choose it for those, not for the dates alone.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Frequently asked questions<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/span>Is Shopify Launchpad free?<\/span><\/h3>\nThe Launchpad listing on the Shopify App Store shows the app as free, but only merchants on the Shopify Plus plan can use it. Shopify's help pages say the Launchpad app is available only to stores on the Shopify Plus plan. If your store is on another plan, you cannot use Launchpad, whatever the app costs, and you need another route.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Can I use Shopify Launchpad without Shopify Plus?<\/span><\/h3>\nNo. Shopify's help center says Launchpad is available only to stores on the Shopify Plus plan, and the App Store listing says the same. On a different plan you can still schedule parts of a sale. Discounts take a start and an end date, Future publishing sets a publish date, and an app can handle the start and the end.<\/p>\n
<\/span>What happens to prices when a Launchpad event ends?<\/span><\/h3>\nShopify says Launchpad discounts end with the event, and compare-at prices go back to their earlier values. If you edit a product's price during an event, the product returns to its pre-event price at the end. Products the event made available to sales channels stay available, and inventory is not adjusted.<\/p>\n
<\/span>What can I use instead of Shopify Launchpad?<\/span><\/h3>\nPick by the part of the sale. A native discount starts and ends on dates you set. Future publishing shows a product on a date. Price and compare-at fields work on any plan but have no end date, so you restore them by hand. A scheduling app can run the start and the end for you. Check each app's own page for what it changes.<\/p>\n
<\/span>See every way to schedule a sale<\/span><\/h2>\nLaunchpad is one of several routes. The pillar guide compares them side by side and gives the start, end and restore steps for a sale on any Shopify plan.<\/p>\n
Read how to schedule a sale on Shopify<\/a><\/p>\n